http://blog.spicyiphone.com Hot and Spicy iPhone Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:56:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: Gaming, Software, Apple, Developer When I was reminded of its name at GDC, I couldn't recall hearing much about Engineous Games. It's the development studio founded by Nitzan Wilnai, a former software developer at EA and Yahoo who's gone to work making iPhone games for himself. But I did ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/gdc-2010-hands-on-with-sketch-nation-shooter Despite the fact that it will be two years old this summer and now has more than 150,000 applications, Apple's App Store for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad remains a place where startups and independent software creators have a fair shot at success. http://blog.spicyiphone.com/iphone-app-store-still-offers-level-playing-field-for-developers Even though Windows Mobile handsets are named in Apple's lawsuit against smartphone maker HTC, one Microsoft executive recently stated that the suit might help to sort out intellectual property ownership issues. http://blog.spicyiphone.com/microsoft-exec-says-apples-htc-suit-is-not-necessarily-a-bad-thing Enthusiasts tracking presales of the iPad believe Apple sold 120,000 units on its first day of availability, though excitement is estimated to have dropped considerably on days two and three. http://blog.spicyiphone.com/preorders-for-apple-ipad-slow-after-120k-first-day-rush I had the chance to talk to Microsoft’s Loke Uei about Windows Phone 7 Series at GDC last week and he was cagey and super-secretive about the version running on his pre-production unit. He did, however, promise more would be revealed at MIX 10 this week in Las Vegas. Well, ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/spe-at-microsoft-mix10-for-windows-phone-7-series-%e2%80%94-the-competition Once again proving that iPhone users don’t need no stinkin’ hardware keyboards, this YouTube’r claims 83 words a minute on iTextSpeed [$0.99 - iTunes link] which would be impressive on a full-sized desktop, never mind an iPhone. And if you’ve got mad iPhone typing skills, feel free to drop your numbers ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/monday-fun-video-typing-83-words-a-minute-on-an-iphone Once again proving that iPhone users don’t need no stinkin’ hardware keyboards, this YouTube’r claims 83 words a minute on iTextSpeed [$0.99 - iTunes link] which would be impressive on a full-sized desktop, never mind an iPhone. And if you’ve got mad iPhone typing skills, feel free to drop your numbers ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/monday-fun-video-typing-83-words-a-minute-on-an-iphone According to TechCrunch, some of the worst scams in social gaming are moving from Facebook and MySpace to the iPhone: Users are offered virtual currency in exchange for answering a quiz or some other seemingly harmless offer. But once they click through and awswer the quiz questions they’re told ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/facebook-and-myspace-social-gaming-scams-moving-to-iphone Live from GDC 2010, Rene talks with Jason Oberfest, VP of Social Applications at ngmoco about GodFinger for iPhone. Currently available in Canada [Free - iTunes link] with internationally release to follow soon, we get a sneak peak at playing deity to our own digital, mobile planet. Watch along after the ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/tipb-apps-51-godfinger-for-iphone-gdc-2010 ... http://blog.spicyiphone.com/best-of-smartphone-experts-14-mar-2010